Riteish Deshmukh, others praise CM Uddhav for COVID-19 address; Soni Razdan raises concern

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has received mixed response for his handling of COVID-19 situation in state. On one hand, numerous celebrities have come out in support of his manment amid pandemic, re have been criticism for Shiv Sena chief in some editorials and netizens running hashtags as Maharashtra remains worst-affected state due to vel coronavirus. leader was once again a part of different kinds of reactions from film celebrities.

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Uddhav Thackeray has been addressing citizens via video conferencing on a regular basis, sharing updates about crisis, step taken by his government and precautions that people need to follow amid crisis.

In his latest address on Sunday, Thackeray urged all to pray from home in month of Ramzaan, mourned loss of two policemen due to COVID-19, highlighted success of lockdown in slowing spread of virus, gave an update over number of tests conducted and casualties, informed of setting up of a task force of expert doctors, converting open grounds for quarantine, ease of restrictions in parts of state, coordination with  Centre over various steps and more.

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Riteish Deshmukh responded to thread on Twitter and replied how people were fighting t just an ‘unexpected crisis’ but also ‘fear, anxiety and uncertainty’. actor appreciated Chief Minister for communicating regularly with ‘utmost clarity and compassion.’

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Farah Khan Ali and Nimrat Kaur were among ors who expressed ir praise for leader with emojis. 

Earlier, Lata Mangeshkar, Javed Akhtar, Sonam K Ahuja, Ajay Devgn had also praised Thackeray for his work in crisis.

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Meanwhile, Soni Razdan expressed her concern over alleged continuation of coastal road construction in Mumbai. Reacting to a post from Save Our Coast Mumbai about workers standing in a group before being transported in buses, actor asked if lockdown did t apply to coast road workers. Tagging CM's account, Raazi star asked if re were more such ‘workers’ across state, wondering if it would be possible to get rid of virus with such acts.

Meanwhile, 8068 cases have been reported in Maharashtra and 342 persons have lost ir lives due to COVID-19. Across country, 20835 active cases and 872 deaths have been reported.

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